Norton ace Josh Teasdale is hoping to ride in next year’s World Under-23 Championships after finishing his season with a third national title.

Ardennes-based Teasdale won the inaugural men’s National Closed Circuit Time Trial Championships in Hampshire - four days before his 21st birthday.

Representing the In Gear Quickvit team on home ground, he sped around five laps of Thruxton motor racing circuit in 23 minutes 28 seconds.

Unseeded Teasdale’s time over the 11.5 mile course was two seconds quicker than runner-up Mark Holton (drag2zero) and three seconds faster than High Wycombe’s Adam Topham in third.

“I didn’t actually go with the real target of winning the race, more to get a medal,” he said.

“But it turned out that the course suited me

“It wasn’t your typical out and back time trial on a dual carriageway with it being on a closed motor racing circuit.

“There were lots of changes of pace and wind direction, which is what it’s like racing in Belgium.

“It was my third national title win and up there with the best of them.

“My last two were in 2011 when I won the Junior Hill Climb and Junior Best All Rounder, so I suppose you could say it had been a long time coming.”

Teasdale has spent the last three years living and racing in Belgium after receiving a Cycling Time Trials scholarship, and he feels like he is constantly improving as a result.

The National Closed Circuit victory was his fourth win since returning to Teesside from his second home in Ottenburg with the Terra Footware team.

He won the Cleveland Wheelers hill climb at Clay Bank for a third time, and was victorious in the Stockton Wheelers Reeth to Tan Hill hill climb and the Holme Valley Wheelers hill climb on Holme Moss.

He was also aiming for a medal at the British Hill Climb Championship but woke up on the morning of the event at Stocksbridge near Sheffield with a heavy cold and finished 12th, having already beaten event winner Ben Evans in the Holme Valley race.

“Being part of Terra Footware and living and racing in Belgium has been a brilliant experience and has helped massively to bring me on,” he said.

“I’ve had some top 10 places in the stage races we’ve been riding in Belgium, France and Luxembourg and have just missed out on a few one-day wins.

“The team manager Andrew Van Collie was a professional bike rider in Belgium up until about six years ago and when he is drilling you, you know you are being drilled by someone who knows what they are talking about.”

Teasdale is joining the elite Prorace team in Belgium next year after shining this season and his main goal is to race for Great Britain in the 2015 World Under-23 Championships.

He said: “The team has got about 12-15 guys and the calendar looks spot-on with the type of racing that I want to do.

“We’re doing a training camp in Spain in mid-February and then the season starts in March and it’s straight into a stage race.”